Submission + - No tenure? Well then, I'll just STARVE myself....
BigDocJayster writes: "In what must be the first attempt on Planet Earth, an associate professor at MIT who happens to be african-american and pursues research in the hotly contested stem cell research arena failed to make tenure. The claim is that it was due to racial discrimination. The twist is that because he's failed he's protesting. But not like you and I do when we don't get a promotion — he's actually staging a very visible hunger strike on the doorstep of his university. What happens next is anyone's guess — but it sounds vaguely like extortion. Read on for all the caloric-deprived details...
http://www.the-scientist.com/news/home/40634/"
http://www.the-scientist.com/news/home/40634/"
